![Enlarge photo 1](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/Itinerary.jpg) 1 Itinerary Casey Australia Tours
| ![Enlarge photo 2](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7657.jpg) 2 First stop for Morning Tea The Williams Woolshed is an innovative, interactive and interpretive tourism complex presenting ‘a wool story’.
| ![Enlarge photo 3](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7660.jpg) 3 Entrance to The Williams Woolshed The Woolshed combines sheep shearing, regional wines, food, entertainment, art displays, educational programs and retail wool products.
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![Enlarge photo 4](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7659.jpg) 4 Historic Agricultural Hall now the Art & Craft Centre
| ![Enlarge photo 5](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7658.jpg) 5 Historic Agricultural Hall built in 1898
| ![Enlarge photo 6](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7654.jpg) 6 Sparkling Road Train at Williams Service Station
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![Enlarge photo 7](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7656.jpg) 7 Albany Highway at Williams 160 Kms south of Perth.
| ![Enlarge photo 8](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7661.jpg) 8 Decorated for Christmas Large Norfolk Island Pine Tree in York Street, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 9](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7662.jpg) 9 Whale World at Albany Whale World is situated on the site of the old Cheynes Beach Whaling Station, located on the picturesque southern coast of King George Sound in Albany, Western Australia. The station ceased whaling operations and was decommissioned in 1978.
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![Enlarge photo 10](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/WhaleWorldBrochure.jpg) 10 Map scan from Whale World Brochure This international tourist icon is also acknowledged as one of the State's most significant tourist attractions.
| ![Enlarge photo 11](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7667.jpg) 11 Cheynes IV Built in Norway in 1948 and given the name 'W.Fearnhead'. Was sold in 1948 to Union Whaling Company in Durban, South Africa and renamed the 'Wilfrid Fearnhead'.
| ![Enlarge photo 12](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7668.jpg) 12 Cheynes IV In 1970 the 'Wilfrid Fearnhead' was sold to the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company where they renamed the vessel to the 'Cheynes IV', and stayed with the company up until its closure in 1978. In 1981 it was towed to its present position at Whale World where it is on display.
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![Enlarge photo 13](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7674.jpg) 13 Granite Plaque At a spring in this cove Captain George Vancouver RN watered his ships Discovery and Chatham in September 1791.
| ![Enlarge photo 14](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7669.jpg) 14 Whale World sculpture
| ![Enlarge photo 15](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7675.jpg) 15 Historic Anchor
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![Enlarge photo 16](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7673.jpg) 16 Scenic view towards Albany
| ![Enlarge photo 17](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7672.jpg) 17 The Meeting Place for guided tour
| ![Enlarge photo 18](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7676.jpg) 18 Children's Playground A Slide inside the Whale's Mouth and Swings suspended from the Whale's Tail.
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![Enlarge photo 19](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7677.jpg) 19 King George Sound from Whale World
| ![Enlarge photo 20](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7671.jpg) 20 Storage Tanks for Whale Oil Three whale storage tanks converted to theatres now feature presentations including the world's first 3-D animated whale film and a multimedia show.
| ![Enlarge photo 21](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7678.jpg) 21 Boiler House & Cheynes III Engine Most plant and equipment was steam driven during the operational days of the station. Two Cleaverbrook boilers located in the boiler room supplied all the steam requirements of the station.
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![Enlarge photo 22](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7679.jpg) 22 Boiler House & Cheynes III Engine Today, the triple expansion steam engine taken from the Cheynes III Whalechaser is on display in the boiler house.
| ![Enlarge photo 23](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7681.jpg) 23 Approaching the Flensing Deck on Granite Rocks
| ![Enlarge photo 24](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7683.jpg) 24 Flensing Deck The Flensing Deck was where the whales were hauled up and stripped of their blubber with extremely sharp flensing knives.
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![Enlarge photo 25](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7680.jpg) 25 The Flensing Deck where Whales were hauled up The Flensers were extremely hardworking men, up before daybreak and working under dangerous conditions.
| ![Enlarge photo 26](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7682.jpg) 26 The Flensing Deck and Processing Factory The blubber and whale carcass was stripped from the whale and taken to the upper part of the Cutting Up Deck.
| ![Enlarge photo 27](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7684.jpg) 27 Coastline beyond the Flensing Deck
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![Enlarge photo 28](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7686.jpg) 28 Processing Factory - Cookers The Processing Factory was cut out of granite and much of the original bush timer still supports the Deck above. With the exception of the lower jaw and teeth, the whole whale was placed in these cookers and cooked under pressure for 3 hours.
| ![Enlarge photo 29](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7685.jpg) 29 Processing Factory - Cookers A perforated liner inside the cooker rotated to grind the meat and bone to a paste. This reduced the whole whale to a thick liquid that could then be pumped into settling tanks. Solids were then transferred to the dryer opposite.
| ![Enlarge photo 30](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7687.jpg) 30 Procesing Factory - Dryer When the settling process was finished, the oil on top was pumped to the large storage tanks and the solids came through to the large whalemeal dryer.
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![Enlarge photo 31](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7688.jpg) 31 Procesing Factory - Dryer After drying, the meal was ground up and transferred to the top end of the factory for bagging and storage. The drying machine and storage area are very much the same as it was in operational days, just without the smell.
| ![Enlarge photo 32](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7689.jpg) 32 Towboat This boat was the first used by the whaling company (under contract) to tow the whales from the whalechasers to the flensing deck (slipway).
| ![Enlarge photo 33](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7691.jpg) 33 Approaching the Skeleton Exhibit This exhibit was officially opened on 26 December 2005.
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![Enlarge photo 34](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7690.jpg) 34 'Giants of the Sea' skeleton exhibit Whale Rib Bones form the arched entrance.
| ![Enlarge photo 35](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7693.jpg) 35 Sperm Whale Skeleton One of the last whales to be taken in 1978.
| ![Enlarge photo 36](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7695.jpg) 36 Sperm Whale (length 11 m) One of the last whales to be taken in 1978, the sperm whale is the only large toothed whale and can dive very deep for its food (giant squid).
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![Enlarge photo 37](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7696.jpg) 37 Pygmy Blue Whale A 22 metre long Pygmy Blue Whale skeleton (the largest whale skeleton in Western Australia).
| ![Enlarge photo 38](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7697.jpg) 38 Pygmy Blue Whale This Pygmy Blue Whale beached itself in the Albany harbour in 1973.
| ![Enlarge photo 39](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7698.jpg) 39 Pygmy Blue Whale
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![Enlarge photo 40](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7700.jpg) 40 Humpback Baleen
| ![Enlarge photo 41](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7701.jpg) 41 Gray's Beaked Whale
| ![Enlarge photo 42](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7703.jpg) 42 Skeleton Exhibition
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![Enlarge photo 43](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7705.jpg) 43 Minke Whale
| ![Enlarge photo 44](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7707.jpg) 44 Frenchman Bay as seen from Whale World
| ![Enlarge photo 45](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7724.jpg) 45 Cheynes IV is open for inspection Length 45.44m; Breadth 9m; Depth 5.1m; Speed 15 knots.
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![Enlarge photo 46](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7670.jpg) 46 Warning for Visitors
| ![Enlarge photo 47](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7711.jpg) 47 Aboard Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 48](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7719.jpg) 48 Exploring Cheynes IV
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![Enlarge photo 49](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7716.jpg) 49 Looking down on the deck of Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 50](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7717.jpg) 50 Masthead of Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 51](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7712.jpg) 51 Cheynes IV
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![Enlarge photo 52](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7721.jpg) 52 Radio Room of Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 53](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7720.jpg) 53 Radio Room of Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 54](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7708.jpg) 54 The Wheel of Cheynes IV
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![Enlarge photo 55](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7718.jpg) 55 Frenchmans Bay from Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 56](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7710.jpg) 56 View of King George Sound from Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 57](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7709.jpg) 57 Oil Storage Tanks viewed from Cheynes IV
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![Enlarge photo 58](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7713.jpg) 58 View from Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 59](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7722.jpg) 59 The Cheynes IV propeller
| ![Enlarge photo 60](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7723.jpg) 60 Looking up at Cheynes IV
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![Enlarge photo 61](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7725.jpg) 61 Cheynes IV
| ![Enlarge photo 62](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7726.jpg) 62 Cheynes IV at rest at Whale World
| ![Enlarge photo 63](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7727.jpg) 63 Frenchmans Bay
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![Enlarge photo 64](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7731.jpg) 64 Rocky Coastline
| ![Enlarge photo 65](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7728.jpg) 65 Fish Clean facility
| ![Enlarge photo 66](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7729.jpg) 66 Seal Island offshore See the tiny black blob in the water? I accidentally captured a shark!
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![Enlarge photo 67](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_7730.jpg) 67 Last look at Cheynes IV as we leave Whale World
| ![Enlarge photo 68](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1500.jpg) 68 The Gap with Green Island on the Horizon Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 69](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1501.jpg) 69 Waves crash on the Rugged Coastline at The Gap Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
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![Enlarge photo 70](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1502.jpg) 70 Waves rolling in at The Gap Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 71](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1503.jpg) 71 Sea Spray at The Gap Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 72](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1506.jpg) 72 View across the Granite Outcrops to the Carpark Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
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![Enlarge photo 73](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1507.jpg) 73 The Gap, a sheer drop to the waves surging 24m below Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 74](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1508.jpg) 74 Rugged beauty of the Coastline Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 75](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1509.jpg) 75 Stunted, windswept vegetation Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
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![Enlarge photo 76](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1511.jpg) 76 Granite Boulders Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 77](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1512.jpg) 77 'All Goes if Courage Goes' On the night of March 14th, 1978, Stephen Mathews was saved from almost certain death in the waters off this spot. This plaque commemorates the outstanding courage of Paddy Hart, skipper, Keith Richardson, mate, and the crew of the Whale-Chaser 'Cheynes II' and John Bell, aircraft pilot, in making the rescue.
| ![Enlarge photo 78](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1515.jpg) 78 The Natural Bridge is a natural granite formation Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
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![Enlarge photo 79](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1514.jpg) 79 Coastline near the Natural Bridge Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 80](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1513.jpg) 80 Coastal Landslide Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 81](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1520.jpg) 81 Masses of granite weathered by the forces of Nature Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
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![Enlarge photo 82](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1519.jpg) 82 Granite surrounding Natural Bridge Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 83](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1516.jpg) 83 Green Island beyond the Natural Bridge Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 84](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1522.jpg) 84 Coastal Granite, Dunes and Sand Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
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![Enlarge photo 85](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1521.jpg) 85 Rugged Coastline Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 86](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1523.jpg) 86 Dune Vegetation and Granite Rock Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 87](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1524.jpg) 87 Pathway between the Boulders Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
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![Enlarge photo 88](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1527.jpg) 88 Carpark surrounded by Boulders Torndirrup National Park, Albany.
| ![Enlarge photo 89](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance1/icons/IMG_1528.jpg) 89 Overnight in Albany A fantastic smorgasbord dinner and comfortable room completed Day One of the tour.
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